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The leather-bound autograph book features 90 bound-in autographs and 5 additional loose autographs of luminaries in film, entertainment, social and political fields of the mid-1930s. Each of these persons entered the sphere of Shirley Temple's young life, and from each she cajoled and obtained a very personal autographed message, some accompanied by a sketch. Included are autographs by Edgar Bergen (with sketches of Charlie and Elmer), Helen Hayes, William Demarest, Ethel Merman, Constance Talmadge, Hedda Hopper, Jimmy Durante (with profile sketch signed Schnozzle Durante), Joan Crawford, Eddie Cantor, Harry Morgenthaler, Jr., Osa Johnson, Orson Welles (with sketch of Orson holding a mallet and the inscription "With all good wishes from one croquet champ to another"), Basil Rathbone, Uncle Al Jolson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Jean Hersholt who played Grandfather in the 1937 film "Heidi", and who wrote "I have been in pictures for almost 32 years and "Heidi" is my 436th film, so when I tell you that you are the finest little actress, the grandest little trouper I have ever worked with, you must realize that I know what I am talking about" (Jul 12, 1937), and 78 more. Each autograph includes a personal inscription to Shirley. The autographs of FDR, Eleanor and various senators and cabinet members were obtained during Shirley's visit across America in June 1938, of which she announced to reporters, "This is a very important book" before handing the autograph book to her mother for safekeeping. The autographs are dated from 1937-1939.